Tag: cloud
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Amazon EC2 Outage Takes Down Reddit, Hootsuite
Amazon’s EC2 cloud computing service is currently experiencing an outage that is affecting several major websites including Reddit and Hootsuite. A message on the Reddit site said: "Amazon is currently experiencing a degradation. They are working on it. We are still waiting on them to get to our volumes. Sorry." The Amazon Web Services Service… Read more
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Arrow ECS Enhances Atlanta-Based Solutions Lab for VARs
Categories: News and TrendsArrow Enterprise Computing Solutions, a division of value-added distributor Arrow Electronics, has expanded its Atlanta-based solutions lab to help resellers demo and sell its enterprise technology solutions. A broader selection of technologies from vendors including EMC, CA and HP and cloud computing solutions are on display for resellers to demonstrate for customers in person —… Read more
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Intel Earnings Strong as Mobililty, Cloud Computing Grow
Despite a challenging first quarter and weakening consumer demand, strong business spending and emerging markets are driving demand for Intel’s traditional businesses. Company executives are expecting the momentum to continue for the rest of 2011 as the company strengthens its presence in the mobile device segment. During an April 19 conference call with analysts and… Read more
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Small Business Turning to the Cloud for Storage, Web Hosting
Small businesses are using cloud predominantly for storage (67 percent) and Website hosting (56 percent), according to a recent survey by Iconnyx, an managed IT and Web hosting company. Research of more than 300 small business leaders conducted over two events in the past month shows these to be the typical SMB applications, followed by… Read more
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Payment Solutions Dumps Oracle, HP for IBM
IBM has announced that Payment Solution Providers has selected an IBM system z mainframe running DB2 over a system comprising Hewlett-Packard servers running Oracle database systems. IBM said PSP is consolidating its entire IT infrastructure on the IBM System z mainframe server with IBM information management software to support key business operations such as credit… Read more
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Cisco Data Center Focuses on Cloud, Green IT
Cisco Systems is opening a new data center that is going to take on multiple roles for the networking giant, from acting as a showcase for its wide-ranging data center technologies to driving down costs through its multiple environmentally-friendly features. The facility, which officially opened April 15 in Allen, Texas, will serve as a key… Read more